Vice President leaves Accra for Istanbul, Turkey

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MAHA MA GBAGBO 11 years ago

Does Ghana still have a Vice President?? Is Paa Kwesi the accomplished Economist that the NDC will have us believe? If the answer is yes then why is the country now in economic mess three month pluss into the Mahama-Amissah A ...
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Does Ghana still have a Vice President?? Is Paa Kwesi the accomplished Economist that the NDC will have us believe? If the answer is yes then why is the country now in economic mess three month pluss into the Mahama-Amissah Arthur administration.Why is amissah-Arthur silent over the economic mess?
Omanba Pa, Islington-London 11 years ago

What is this man going to say? Can he open his mouth to talk at all? NDCfo3 akofa aba bio!!

What is this man going to say? Can he open his mouth to talk at all? NDCfo3 akofa aba bio!!
The African Patriot 11 years ago

The meeting is for people from EuroAsia and what is he doing there? I think the gold that was transported and ceased by Turkish personnel is still the course. Thiefs everywhere!!!

The meeting is for people from EuroAsia and what is he doing there? I think the gold that was transported and ceased by Turkish personnel is still the course. Thiefs everywhere!!!
Capt. Mosquito 11 years ago

Thieves !!

Thieves !!
Kwesi Agbenu 11 years ago

Does this Amissah Arthur guy understand anything? Can he distinguish between -- 'court' from 'port'. The male participants are in trouble because-----HOMO LET LOOOOOOSE

Does this Amissah Arthur guy understand anything? Can he distinguish between -- 'court' from 'port'. The male participants are in trouble because-----HOMO LET LOOOOOOSE
Kwesi Agbenu 11 years ago

HOMOSEXUAL AT LARGE

HOMOSEXUAL AT LARGE
mame 11 years ago

Hey people is he truly homo?

Hey people is he truly homo?
Victor A. Young 11 years ago

Yes! The NDC man is going to Turkey to confront their govt over the siezed Gold Bars. Hear Amisah-Arthur telling the Turkey authorities to be mute a litte: "Please shhhhhhh! don't talk too loud. Should have call me first befo ...
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Yes! The NDC man is going to Turkey to confront their govt over the siezed Gold Bars. Hear Amisah-Arthur telling the Turkey authorities to be mute a litte: "Please shhhhhhh! don't talk too loud. Should have call me first before blowing the alarm!
DAN 11 years ago

in his anus

in his anus
CV 11 years ago

Mahamah Can Lose the Presidency With Mornah's Ruling

The Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that was brought about by the General Secretary of the People’s National Convention Bernard Mornah to nullify portions of the C ...
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Mahamah Can Lose the Presidency With Mornah's Ruling

The Supreme Court ruling on Tuesday that was brought about by the General Secretary of the People’s National Convention Bernard Mornah to nullify portions of the Constitutional Instrument 74. Rule 71B of C.I. 74 provides that the decision of the Supreme Court in respect of a petition presented to challenge the election of a President cannot be reviewed.

This ruling can spur some people especially those voters in the Nalerigu two polling stations whose votes were annulled when it was detected some people have voted without going through the Biometric verification machine or have been rejected by the verification machine. These people or anybody who was refused to vote can sue that, his or her rights as enshrined in the 1992 Ghana constitution Article 42 which states that 'every citizen of Ghana of 18 years of age or above of sound mind has the right to vote and is entitled to be registered for the purpose of public elections and referendums.' Since the Constitution overides any secondary laws by any agency or entity like the Electoral Commission(EC), the CI 75 used by the Electoral Commissioner to bar some people from voting was unconstitutional and therefore the 2012 elections was unconstitutionally conducted.Kofi Ata, Cambridge, a Ghanaweb Columnist and commentator said it better when he wrote this;

"All laws in Ghana are subject to the supreme law of the land. That is, the Constitution. Any law (primary or secondary) that is contrary to the constitution can be ruled unconstitutional. In that same vein, the so-called "No Biometric Verification, No Vote", will be ruled unconstitutional. I have always held that view and this ruling will prove me right but we wait to see what the nine Justices will say."
---Kofi Ata, Cambridge, UK---

Kofi Atta, your prediction might come true and if it comes to pass, it will prove to be a double edge sword against the Mahama administration. If the Supreme Court goes ahead and annull the CI 75 as unconstitutional, it will have a good news and a bad news for the Mahama administration.

Let me touch on the good news for for the Mahama government. The good news will be that, the Petitioners in the ongoing Supreme Court case, Nana Addo Dankwa, Dr. Bawumiah and Jake Obetsebi Lamptey can lose the portion of their case dealing with those people who voted without Biometric Verification machine as that law would be deemed unconstitutional and therefore the Petitioners not having any case. Though the Petitioners can still win their case based on the number of over voting which the Petitioners believe is in the 2 million region.

The bad news for President Mahama and the EC will be fatal because the 2012 election can be annulled entirely because some people were denied their constitutional rights to vote because of the Biometric Verification machine.

What is CI 75?

CI 75 Sec 30(2) requires that the voter shall go through a biometric verification process. But CI 75 Sec 30 (1) allows for any other evidence determined by the Commission , in order to establish by fingerprint or facial recognition that the person registered is the registered voter whose name and voter identification number and particulars appear in the register.

Bawumia has not argued , at least not yet, that Secc 30(2) of CI 75 should over ride Sec (30) 1 and further more also override

Ci 75 Sec 30(2) does not penalize any voter who votes without biometric verification nor does the CI expressly say any such vote will be deemed illegal. The specific grounds for annulling a vote are set out in CI 75 Sec 37 (1

"CI 75 Sec 30(2) requires that the voter shall go through a biometric verification process."

The law makes excemption for some people to go through voting without Biometric verification and these people were captured on the registration roles who numbered just 3,196. These are people who have lost a limb or due to special circumstances cannot go through Biometric registration.

The EC made it clear nobody apart from these special people should be allowed to vote without Biometric registration and there were two polling stations in Northern Region where the voting were annulled because two people were allowed to vote who did not go through Biometric registration.

Tell me the reason why the EC will annul some voting in some polling stations because others voted without being verified but is accepting the votes of more than half a million where the votes were tainted because others voted without being verified?

Yaww, do you understand the implication of what you just wrote. Everything you wrote is right but its implication will affect the 2012 elections if the CI 75 is ruled as unconstitutional then that means a law that was unconstitutional was used to conduct the 2012 elections which denied some people the right to vote because they couldn't pass the Biometrics verification. Did you take that into consideration?

Hahahahaha, I can't wait for the Supreme Court to rule that the CI 75 is unconstitutional.

Vice President leaves Accra for Istanbul, Turkey

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